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These days I almost always have a batch of kimchi going in the fridge and my latest batch was ready. I could not wait to to try it and I knew exactly what I wanted to make, a kimchi pizza. Kimchi generally comes with a lot of liquid so you often need to squeeze the excess off. When making some dishes such as the kimchi quesadillas you even need to think about removing some of the moisture from the fermented cabbage to make sure that you do not end up with a soggy quesadilla. With a pizza however, I figured that all of that flavour packed kimchi juice would make the perfect pizza sauce. Bacon goes so well with kimchi that I did not even think about making the kimchi pizza without it and you couldn't have a pizza without some cheese. I still wanted something else on the pizza and I thought that some shiitake mushrooms would do well. Since I had just cooked some bacon I lightly sauteed the mushrooms in the grease before adding to the pizza to get even more of that bacon flavour. After the pizza came out of the oven I finished it off with some fresh sliced green onions and some toasted sesame seeds. The kimchi and bacon pizza with shiitake mushrooms exceeded all of my expectations! The spicy kimchi all covered with gooey melted cheese went so well with the salty bacon and everything worked really well in pizza form including the kimchi juice 'pizza sauce'. I am going to have to make this again soon!

Pizza Hutt here in Japan does a Korean Bulugogi pizza that you might like. It's good but it would be better if the Japanese could get over their obsession with putting mayonnaise on their pizzas. The most common pizza here is tuna, corn and mayonnaise! Here's their pizza menu online (all Japanese but english headings and scary pictures!http://www.pizzahut.jp/menu/pizza.php

whoa! My new batch of kimchi is ready, too... I've been wondering how kimchi would taste on pizza. It's great in burritos and on tostadas, too. I might have to try the pizza. You have great ideas, Kevin. Thanks for sharing.

Espresso Style: Kimchi is on the spicy side and packed full of flavour! I really like it and make it myself: kimchi recipe If you can find the Korean chili pepper flakes it is actually pretty easy to make yourself.

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I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.